/*
 * Copyright 2007 Matt Jensen
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
 * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 */
package org.jtell.internal;

/**
 * <p>
 * <code>Predicate</code> defines the public interface to a generic predicate, which examines arbitrary values and
 * returns a boolean result. This functionality is primarily used for filtering event handler lists.
 * </p>
 */
public interface Predicate<T>
{
    /**
     * <p>
     * Examine a given value, returning <code>true</code> if it matches the predicate.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param value the value to examine.
     * @return <code>boolean</code> predicate evaluation result.
     */
    boolean evaluate(T value);
}
